This is a great sign. It’s memorable and clear as a bell. Guy’s got cattle to sell. Here’s the number.

We should all write as well.

This a sign on Charlotte Pike in Nashville:

Sorry it’s blurry. I shot it with my crappy phone.

If you’re having trouble reading it, it says, “Sanitary Barber Shop.”

I didn’t realize this was an issue, but maybe people were concerned about conditions at other barber shops in the area, so the owner of this barber shop thought it was important to tell everyone his shop is clean.

I mean, by naming his business the Sanitary Barber Shop, he must believe that cleanliness is the thing that gives him an edge over the competition.

And he might be right.

You don’t see a lot of barber shops anymore, and this one’s still in business.

Finally, here’s a sign I saw inside a local Target a while back:

Only in Tennessee, right?

Actually, the store was being remodeled. They’d moved the merchandise but hadn’t gotten around to moving the signs.

Ha ha ha… these sure drive the point straight home. I love the first one. Says volumes of how clear-headed the cow-seller in the context is. I wish more people would learn from him. We’d have less people beating around the bush that way.

Love these! Here in Seattle in the sprawling complex that is Pike Place Market, you’ll see one building labeled “Sanitary Public Market.” Which always makes me think…”and the rest of the food here is…?”

My favorite sign ever was near my hometown in Jackson, MS. It was a huge banner that read: “Cemetery Now Open!” Gotta love that exclamation point!!